In the last episode (Apr 08), Garrett Cooper said:
> I'm trying to see whether it's possible to grab the list of
> files open from a kernel level on FreeBSD, using a userland library
> interface as opposed to lsof.
> I'm trying to see if there's a simple tool that I could code in
> C/C++ if necessary to spin down disks automatically to save power and
> disk life. Plus, I think that lsof actually would probe the devices
> and 'wake them up' instead of keeping them as-is. However, I could be
> wrong so if I am please let me know.
Take a look at how /usr/bin/fstat does it. There is apparently a
"kern.file" sysctl that holds the open file table, but fstat digs
through kernel memory.
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Dan Nelson
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